Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-17
MOLINE.

The Sylvans fenced In George Dunn
| and Pat Mulane from their aileyway
and the fence WAS cut down yesterday
and stays down. because an injunction
against the building is served.
The Sylvan boat club regatta on the
| Fourth Is fixed fact. Committees have
been appointed on advertising, ETC., and
everything will be done to make this ln>
dependence day ever memorable in the
annals of Moline.
The police and detective convention
opened this morning, with the election of
F. W Gipe chief of police of Waterloo.
! Iowa, president and Frank Anderson
| secretary. There were about fifteen IN
attendance. Tonight W. A. Meese will
deliver an address of welcome.
The mayor and aldermen were all pres
ent at the city council meeting last even>
| ing After the regular routine of busi>
ness several petitions were presented for
| opening streets, alleys and for sidewalks,
all of which were referred to the proper
committee. A petition with over forty
names was presented, of property owners
on Fourth avenue requesting reaction to
be taken to stop the use of motors on the
| Union street car line; referred to the same
committee who hold the other petition to
abolish the motors A band stand is to
be erected on new Market square Flag
men are wanted on Twentieth. Twenty,
second and Twenty>thrd streets The
finance committee was instructed to see
about getting boat landing at the foot
| of Sixteenth street. There was quite a
confab when the appropriation for the
public library came up. DIR. Vessel, the
chairman of the finance committee fought
hard against the 1900 appropriation,
but on vote being taken there were
nine votes for, and five against it, Those
who voted themselves curtailers of pub,
| lie money, were Peterson, Pierce, Vessel.
Gripp and Lage. 1t is distinctly un~
derstood that the library gets 50 0l0 this
year and the $500 not yet paid. The
Peoples Light and Fuel company fur
nished elghty-tw0 electric lights for $11G
each light for the ensuing year. and
agree to rebate $40 on each light if they
get the contract for 1888 The come
mittee to which WAS referred the petition
10 abolish the motors on the Union street
car line reported no action At present, and
the mayor said that killed the petition.
The bonds of the police force, water
works employees and bridge tender were
approved.
| The principal appropriations for the
wear are as follows: Streets and alleys,
So 900; bridges, $500; police. s., 500;
library (Wessels estlmste) 81, 535 50;
officers, So 600; fire and water. SO, 500;
total amount. 500, 1856 80
The extra amount given to the library Is
to he taken frem the miscellaneous fund.
Several committees reported on land>
ings, etc. An electric fire alarm was
recommended. which was opposed, and
the report referred back for further cons
sideration- The Republican and Dispatch
received S325 between them for publish
ing council proceedings and ordinances,
all the other printing to be paid for al
the rate of twenty five cents per inch for
BREWER and thirty five cents per incl for
nonparell. A committee is appointed to
examine and pass ON the new map of The
city, made by Surveyor Paddock, foI
which he is to receive $3.50 Ii is now
finished. and is fine piece of workman
ship. The opera house license is to be
$50. the eX-wateT commissioner was
ordered to make a yearly report. The
city attorney was instructed to notify
railways to open Fourth street at once
and make crossing over their roads or
that street.